The instant messaging (Sametime) directory is a master list of all people associated with your company. Your system administrator maintains your company's instant messaging directory.

You can search your company's instant messaging directory to locate the names of users and public groups. Your company's instant messaging directory does not contain private groups. Searching the instant messaging directory allows you to locate people or groups even when you do not know the exact spelling of their names.

You can access the instant messaging directory when you:

• Add names to your Instant Messaging Contact List
• Invite other people to a meeting
• Add names to a meeting invitation

1. Click the Directory button or icon .

2. Choose a directory from the drop-down list. When the contents of the selected directory appear, you can browse the directory contents or search for a specific name:

• Browse the directory: Use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to page through the directory list.
• Search the directory: Enter a group name or a person's last name in the Search field and click Search.
Tip To see the members of a particular group, select the group and click Contents.

4. Do one of the following:

• If you are adding a name to a meeting invitation or inviting another person to a meeting, skip to step 5.
• If you are adding a public group to your Instant Contact List, click OK.
• If you are adding an individual name to your Instant Contact List, first add it to a private group. Select an existing private group from the "Group name" drop-down list, or enter a name for a new private group.

Tip If you added a public group to your Instant Contact List but do not see the group in the list, all group members are currently offline. Public groups appear in your Instant Contact List only when at least one group member is online. Private groups and their members appear in your Instant Contact List even when the members are offline.

See Also

Starting a chat
Starting an instant meeting
The Instant Messaging Contact List

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